Dr. Glenn Mueller (at Dividend Capital which has several REITs) is one of the top experts in Commercial Real Estate Cycles and produces a quarterly report on commercial real estate market cycles covering more than 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) including five property types.  And… Read more

CoStar, a premier provider of commercial real estate information, has just released 2011 commercial real estate sales volumes. Sales of commercial real estate rose 32 percent in 2011 to $291.6 billion—up 32 percent from 2010.  The 12-year average commercial real estate sales volume was $254.2… Read more

Fresh Signs of Life in Office Market- WSJ   Jobs are everything to an economy.  Period.  And perhaps one of the best barometers of Corporate America’s economic mood and outlook is reflected in the total usage of office space.     Good news, as reported… Read more

• Some commercial property values down almost 50 percent from the peak • Apartment cap rates heading astonishingly low • Industrial properties getting drawn-out recovery • Lending and loan availability for hotels is extremely challenging • Retail recovery is direct function of resource quality “Emerging… Read more

The New Business Model: Lean, Liquid, Less = Nimble a.k.a. Less is More According to the National Association of Realtors Businesses Save by Cutting Space Per Worker As we struggle through this recession (and yes, I believe we have to exit the recession since we have… Read more

Here is a quarterly Commercial Market Cycle analysis, Market Cycles Q1 2010, prepared by Dr. Glenn Mueller.  This covers more than 50 major cities and includes offices, industrial properties, retail and hotels.  Please feel free to distribute this but do give Glenna and Dividend Capital credit…. Read more

Just-released Spring edition of NAR’s Commercial Magazine Commercial Connections. See page 12 of NAR’s Commercial Magazine for my article on commercial real estate values and cap rates.  Bad news is that commercial real estate values have plummeted.  Great news is that transaction volume will increase… Read more

5 Million Square Feet Absorption by Year End in DC Alone As the government becomes the lone bright spot for office demand (see the Globe Street article ), it relays to the taxpayer that growing government cannot be tamed or shrunk at will. What is… Read more